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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-03
HAPPINESS DIVINE.
The Merits of Wife Who Doesn't Know q
Note of Music.

Note OF Music.
"My wife," said Jones, "has one
great accomplishment, she doesn't
know note of music 1 admired his
charming spouse from that moment.
To think of the misery that from her
childhood she saved her friends and re-
lations.
She never played scales before break
and mother having a comfortable doze
prior to getting up.
She never drove the neighbors mad
with either 1.-The Blue Bells of Scot
land" or GLORIOUS Apollo"
She never Czernly Exercised any
body's patience to- that extent as to
drive them crazy.
When she was fourteen or thereabout,
and there were people in the drawing
room, her mother never said: amanda,
darling, play that charming bit of
Kuhe, with variations The variations
in question something like rat running
over the keyboard and stopping every
now and then (chords) to eat bit of
cheese.
When sixteen she never ''Lieder
Ohne WOrte"-d her eldest brother to
death when he was examining for Wool
witch.
When eighteen she never gave any
body doses of List. She never scram-
bled through Chopin's mazurkas. She
never gave an amateur delirium ire
mems with the ''Restless Nights"
Thrice happy Jones, how are you to
be envied! Your ears are never as
sailed with these awe-inspiring words:
Darling, would you like a little music
with your cOffee?"
Thrice happy Jones, you were never
soothed with the moonlight Sonata
when you wanted to have quiet look
at your betting book.
An unmusical woman.
o. pearl of pearls! o, angelic
silent bul-bul, o, that L had such a
charmer to nestle in my manly breasti
-Hof''S Comic annual.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-03
PRESS NOTES.

The Navy Department has Or
dered another trial of the Atlanta,
which, it is to be hoped, will be more
satisfactory than the first one. Little
dependence can be placed on those Re-
publican contract built vessels left as q
legacy to Secretary Whitney. We will
have to wait for the new ships to be
constructed under the auspices of the
present Administrations Albany argus.
On a pinch, Senator Ingalls,, of
Kansas, is willing to admit that the ne
gro has a legal right to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, but he is positive that
one who does that things is an migrate
who does not deserve his freedom.
The negro who would suit Ingalls,. then,
wonld only be about half emancipated.
~Ihe men who are running the Repaid
slican party now are not those who
lSreed the negro Chicago Herald.
WHAT a nonentity Senator Mitch
ell, ofPennsylvania, is. appears from
the fact that he received no support,
complimentary or otherwise, in the Re-
publican caucus for the nomination of
"a candidate for United States Senator.
The dearth of great men among the
Republicans in the State is shown in
the fact that Matthew S. Quay received
every vote in the Republican caucus
with the exception of nine. Detroit
Free Press.
M. S. Quay, the successor to
John ]. Mitchell in the United States
Senate was chairman of the pardoning
. board that spared Kemble, of addition.
division and silence" fame. the merited
disgrace of term in the State peniten-
tiary by convoking the board immedi-
ately uponlthe passing of sentence upon
him, and rushing pardon through be-
fore he could be removed to prison.
The record of this official condoner of
corruption has.not injured his standing
in the party that once boosted of its
@.moral ideas" and does not check the
ssexhuberance of a Chicago organ of the
9Republican party brand. which. noting
1.-THE nomination of this ringster and po-
1itical boss in Pennsylvania and of a
cseputable Democrat in Maine, exult-
ingly adds: ''Mr. Quay will be taken
and Mr.. Clifford left" For binding
men to the difference between right
and wrong, there is nothing like party
Ssuo Cbte0OO Times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-03
rosooeAN OUTFITS.
Interesting Information Concerning the
--latest Fashionable Craze.

--latest Fashionable Craze.
In talk with dealer in toboggan
costumes and articles reporter
learned some interesting facts. A COM
plete suit for a man costs from $50 to
$50 and consists of knickerbockers and
jacket made of wool blankets, a
worsted tuque or cap with cord and
tassel, a sash, stockings and woOllen or
buckskin mOccasins. The suits are
made in nearly all eOlors, the body of
the garments being plain with colored
stripes. As rule the stripes are red,
blue and white, the red being the favo-
rite. The prices for the different arti-
cles range something like this:
Jackets. 81 to s13.5OlSash. 81 so to s.
knickerboclheEs s. to g Stockings 81 to 81 70
Ladies suits consist of the same kind
of stockings and moccasins as the men
wear and a long over-garment, made
of blanket material and resembling Il
cloak with hood. These garments
cost from $3.50 to $18 each and are
made in all cOlOrs, though the ladies as
a rule prefer white. In regard to the
toboggan it was stated that the old
Indian form was perfectly fiat on the
bearing surface formed of one or two
pieces of thin wood. and besides lack
ing the requisite strength and lateral
resiliency, it offered the greatest resist
ance or FRACTIONAL surface to the snow.
The toboggans now in general use are
made of Stats which are shaped to
lessen the FRACTIONAL surface. Some of
the best that are made cost SO and $12
each. They are eighteen inches wide
and six and seven feet long. They are
made of rock maple, selected, kiln
dried, and highly finished. They con-
sist of seven Stats each, oval-shaped on
the bearing surface, three of which are
slightly thicker than the others, and
are provided with steel shoe. This
shoe, by an ingenious invention requir-
ing special machinery, is fastened by
fianges that are turned into the wood
in such way that no bolts, screws or
rivets are used anywhere along the
bearing surface. Less elaborate tobog-
gans are bought for from 81 to $3.50
apiece. Sizes for boys are made three
and four feet long, and cost 81 and
81. 80 each.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-03
THE GRAIN, WEEVlL.

One of the Most Destructive Insects Known
I'm This Country.
A correspondent recently inquired
how to destroy weevil that were de-
stroying his wheat in the granary.
From the nature of the inquiry 1 infer
that the insect in question is the an
goumois grain moth, Gdlechid cereaLeU0
(Olin), most insidious pest when it
once gains a foothold in stored grain.
The perfect insect is a moth, of the
family Tineide, genus and species aso
given above. If the insect is not this
moth, but beetle; it is undoubtedly
species of CGldUdrd, and which ever it
be, moth or beetle, the remedies here
given are equally efficient. The insects
mentioned are very destructive of stored
grain. Fortunately they have not yet
become sufficiently numerous in the
Northern States to require especial at
tention. However, when they get
Judgment in granary, they multiply
rapidly and do great injury. In the
Southern States they live and multiply
without hindrance from climatic causes
and attack the grain in the fields as
we'll as in storage, making it difficult
if not impossible to exterminate them.
They multiply with great rapi6n,' and
are said to normally produce FIVE
broods in the South. Here have known
them to produce four broods indoors
under very favorable circumstances.
They attack wheat or corn with equal
energy, and whether stored in bulk or
loosely. The first remedy will men,
ton, and which might be used on
small scale, is to heat the grain in some
iron vessel to 10y degrees Fahrenheit by
steady, slow heat, and maintain it
there for forty minutes to one hour,
which will thoroughly destroy eggs,
larvae or insect, and not injure thee
grain. The grain should be kept
thoroughly stirred during the entire
time. A rotating cylinder is the best
apparatus.
The only practical remedy which Il
know of for use on a large scale, is to
place the grain in tight bins and use
bisulphide of carbon. tits essential that {
the bottom and sides of the bin should
be tight; the top can easily be covered
with heavy cloth, as blankets, etc. The
bisulphide should be poured onto the
grain, or to insert slotted tube closed
at the lower end and thus convey
the liquid down among the grain, addS
o its efficiency or to the rapidity of its
effects. The amount used should be
according to the severity of the attack,
and whether the insects have pene-
trated deep into the grain. The BIZ
sulphide quickly volatilizes, forming a
gas considerable heavier than air,
which, if the bin is sufficiently close,
will penetrate through its entire mass
and completely destroy all insects in
whatever stage. 1t is necessary to use
this substance with great caution, as it
is an extremely dangerous explosive if
a light or fire of any nature is brought
near it. / have used it frequently and .
with the best of success where the
conditions were properly observed. 1t
Is very generally recommended for
dealing with pests of this nature. The
bisulphide costs usually about forty
cents pound, in bottles already for
use, and is certainly cheap practical
HTIliGm B. Alioood. ts Ohia
FGTEley
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-03
As the Statistics of the year arr

As the statistics of the year are
published they show that although
there has been a Democratic Admins
tration the country has prospered. Our
esteemed Republican contemporaries,
however, are eheered by the hope that
some great national distress may come
to the rescue of their lugubrious predic-
tions during the coming year.-N Y.
World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-03
M. Ginjeot stated that of all meas

M. Ginjeot stated that of all meas
ures applied locally to boils the best re-
suits are obtained from tincture of
iodine. He paints the boil with thick
coating, and sometimes single appli-
cation is sufficient to cause the infiam-
nation to subside; it is better. however,
to make the application several times a
day for several days.-Healtt and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-03

The Albany Journal (Blaine
Rep.) feels called on to remark that "a
good many of MIR. Blaine's fool friends
are like frozen dynamite cartridges;
when you warm them up at big dim
ner, they blow the roof OFF,
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-07

iinds himself improving rapidly.
Many other instances Of the same
kind have como under notice
The market is an excellent one,
arizona having for years been the
ssfineipal market OF Southern Cali
iornia. Being a consuming, rather
tlisn !; producing, country. good
prices are realized for all kinds OF
produce The main line of the
Southern Pacific railroad runs
through the valley for several miles,
aud at no point is it over one mile
distant, giving us excellentshipping
facilities. But our strongest point
is this: Our fruit ripens from a
month to six weeks earlier than in
California; consequently we never
come into competition with them.
Our main disadvantages are a
sparse settlement and the evil repu-
tation Arizona bears abroad on ac-
count of its known desert character
and the Indian outrages. The first
can be very easily remedied; the
Secoad | hope to remove from the
minds OF those who read this letter.
The Indians have never made aral1
to this part Of the Territory. and
now that the hostiles are removed 1T
is to be believed that Arizona will
develop her truly wonderful re-
sources. w. L. Il.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-07
THE UMBRELLA IN POKER
PLAYING. s
Macon / Ca. ) Telegraph.

One Of the old timers was telling
at Macon the other day Of the tricks
of gamblers OF his day. There was
one man. since reformed, and who
now stands well, who came down
from Atlanta about once month
and cleaned up the Macon boys at
poker. This was many years ago,
and when Atlanta was but village.
As might be expected, the Macon
boys used every effort to prevent
him. One rainy night the Atlanta
man came down, and after supper
was seated at table up stairs in a
building on Mulberry street. But
the boys had fixed for him. A small
hole had been bored in the ceiling
lust over the table, and wire run
through the ceiling and down the
side and floor of the room until 1t
reached the side of the table oppo
site the dreaded poker player. Here
the wire was fastened to piece Of
wood against which the sitter kept
his foot. In this wayit was intended
that the man above the ceiling could
see the Atlanta mans hand and
communicate pointers by slight
Jerks of the wire. That night the
Atlanta sport lost heavily At first
he thought his luck was bad. Int
the cards were good, and hementally
concluded that something basi'Ies
bad luck was causing his money to
get on the other side Of the table by
the hundreds. The Macon boys
who were in the secret were in high
gIec at the victory. Finally the At
Ianta man caught on. and reaching
down by his side picked up his um-
brella, deliberately and without a
word hoisted and raised it above
him. The umbrella shut of the
view Of the man above the ceiling.
and in short while the Atlanta
sport had won back his money and
cleaned up the Macon boys as usual.
1t was years before he ever men-
toned the matter, and you may be
sure the Macon boys kept II quiet.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-07
HOW ANTS LIVE.
Their Love Of Cleanliness and Their
Modes of Burial.
tosinopoEtan.

LIN spite of the multii'arious duties
and tasks that are ilni'oscd on these
tiny burghers, they still linl time to
clean and aaorn their worthy little
persons. No spot. no atom OF dust
or ANYTHING else uncleanly Will they
tolerate on their bodies. They get
rid Of the dirt with the brushy tufts
on their feet or with their tongues.
They act. for all the world, like do
nestle cats when they clean and
lick themselves. and they assist one
another at the toilet precisely like
monkeys. Their sense of cleanliness
gees so far that the naturalist often
finds. to his unpleasant surprise,
the coiored marks that lie had ap
piled with so much care on his trial
ants" removed by their dirt hating
friends. They keep their dwellings
just as ceanly.
But the conveying away OF their
deceased brethren, whose bodies they
appear to regard with the greatest
antipathy, gives them more trouble
than anything else When some
members Of an ant community
which Mr.. Cook kept imprisoned
died and could not be removed those
remaining seemed affected with the
greatest horror. For days the in
seets ran about seeking way ont,
and ceased only when completely
exhausted. The ants belonging to
the campcDorus species seized the
dead and threw them into the water
pail, which they converted into
sepulcbcr. Ordinarily, though, the
ants are said to treat their dead
with more reverence. They even
possess their own grayeyards, which
lie in the vicinity of their nests.
They convey their deceased com
panians thither. where they lay them
down in orderly little heaps or rows.
It is OILY the corpses of their Tel
lows, however. that they treat in this
manner. Dead strangers they throw
out ike something unclean, or tear
The body in pieces. Even between
the master and slaves OF the same
community Miss Trent says she has
observed dissimilar mode of burr
al. While the masters find their
last repose in special graveyard.
side by side, the slaves lie like
heaped-up refuse near the nest, des-
pissed equally in death as in life.
The ant cemeteries are often
thickly populated, for their life rs
short. The male lives only through
one summer; the females live some
what longer, and the workers die Of
old age in the eigth or tenth year.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-07

ward countries, for commerce oi
the most petty kind. AS a
ruie. he is not allowed TO hold
land and has lost the art of agricul-
ture with which in old days he con-
verted into fruitful terraces the bar
rem rocks of Palestine. He has been
shut out from armies, and his ex
clusion has stunted in him the fer
tility of military resource, the power
of military contention and the reck-
lessness of life which for y time
made him match for the legions OF
Titus. But where he can find an
opening he uses it. If he can do
only little business, he does little
business. If big business is open
to him, he does the biggest business
within his reach. Where the better
things were offered to his grasp he
has shown himself q master in phi
losophy, in poetry, and in art.
What is most curious is that, il
only he has chance, be expands
into new nationality without los
ing his old one. The English and
French jew is a Jew, always remain
ing in his circle, and yet is an Eng
lishman or a Frenchman. No French
men showed themselves more de-
votedly French in the German war
than the French Jews; and In Eng
land the literary Jews show them
selves furious patriots and write up
the leopards of England as their an
cestors might, had they possessed
the art, have written up the Lion OF
judah.
1t is not, therefore, wonderful that
when they have free play, and yet
are not too numerous to excite much
comment, they should succeed with
out awakening jealousy. In coun-
try like Germany, where they are
numerous, and where commerce is
at once backward, so that their sue
cess is not swallowed up in the sue
cess of the nation, and forward
enough to give them considerable
chances. they get on, but not with
out irritating social friction. In
countries like Roumania, where civil
lization is just dawning, and where
they form substantial part of the
population, they can only do small
things; but they do these with a
pertinacity and on a scale which
strike a perpetual uncasiness into
the rude minds Of their wondering
and grudging neighbors. In the
long run, it may be confidently pre-
dicted that every thing that favors
civilization VIII favor the Jew.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-07

Human life is snnpQ Ind s
upon the barest minlmp,k 81 noo1Dp
saries; the village population fsdt
upon the commonest grains eestf
eating animal food which Il contr>r
ri to their religion and rarely tas}-
ing the finer grains such Is wheat
and barley. The clothing worn is of
the scantiest and / was distressed to
see many Of the people in the north
west provinces shivering and half
naked in weather so cold that / vas
glad to wear two top coats. The
houses are built Of clay and almost
destitute of furniture. and l undcr-
stand that large portion Of the
population only eat one meal day.
Of course this in an eastern couu-
try does not signify what it does in
Europe-Iife can be sustained on less
food and less nutritious diet than in
northern climes; the labor power Of
the Hindoos is small; there II far
less taken out of the human machine
than in our laborious western life;
it consumes less and produces less;
besides, the Asiatic has the power Of
digesting a greater quantity OF food
at one meal than Is possible to Euro
peans; but, when due allowance Is
made for all this. it is not TO be de-
MED that the poverty of q great part
of India is extreme and more acute
than what we witness in Europe. It
may be said with truth Of great
part of the rural population that It
is never far removed from famine. A
scanty harvest any year brings that
calamity within measurahledista
o failure of crops means death to .
large part Of the population unless
fed by the Government.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-07

1t is said that everything comes
to the man who waits, but there is
such a thing as waiting too long. A
boy waits until the last minute be-
fore tackling his lesson. and then
his teacher tackles him. Grown
older he waits a long time before So
lecting trade or profession, and
finds himself way behind his fellows,
who caught on early without wait
ing. Hecourts a gtri who suitshina'
every way, but hc waits, aud the
consequence is sonic other fellow
slips in ahead OF him. His labitd At
waiting interferes with bis business
success continually. There is bars
gain to be had in the purchase Of
some property. Instead Of eInr>(s,-
ing the opportunity as he might. he
waits and another profits hy It. His
insurance runs out, and in place Of
renewing. it. Immediately, as any
prudent man would. Ile waits. and
then r. ;tilc house takes fire the
changes are that he VII wait TOO
long 70 escape without a scoarcI,ins.
Learn to labor and q wni; mny l'o
sound advice in some cases. l'ui not
In all.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-07

A Little Stampede in Midnight Thun-
derstorm.


derstorm.
The most thrilling incident in the
life Of the cowboy occurs on the G.
casion of thunderstorm at night.
Such an occurrence is thus describ-
ed from personal observation by Mr..
William A. Baillie Grohman, an
English writer:
"On the approach of one OF these
violent outbursts the whole force is
ordered on duty; the spare horses
of which each man has always three,
and often as many as eight or ten
are carefully fed and tethered, and
the herd is rounded up that isScol-
lected into as small q space as pos
sible, while the men continue to ride
around the densely massed herd.
Like horses, cattle derive courage
from the close proximity of man.
The thunder peals, and the vivid
lightning flashes with amazing bril-
liancy, as with lowered heads the
herd eagerly watch the slow, steady
pace of the cow-ponies, and no doubt
derive from it q comforting sense of
protection. Sometimes, however, a
wild steer will be unable to control
his terror, and will make dash
through convenient opening. The
crisis is at hand, for the example
will surely be followed, and in two
minutes the whole herd of four thous-
and head will have broken through
the line of horsemen and be away,
one surging, believing mass of terri
fed beasts. Fancy pitch dark
night, a pouring torrent of rain, the
ground not only entirely strange to
the men, but very broken, and full
of dangerous steep water courses and
hollows, and you will have picture
of cowboy duty on such a night.
They must head of the leaders.
Once fairly off, they will stampede
twenty, thirty, and even forty miles
at stretch, and many branches will
stray from the main herd. Not alone
the reckless riding, rushing headlcng
at breakneck pace over dangerous
ground in dense darkness, but also
the horses, small, Insignificant beast,
but matchless for hardy endurance
and willingness, and perfectly aware
how much depends upon their speed
that night, if it kills them. Unused
till the last moment remains the
heavy cowhidc 'yuirt,' or whip, and
the powerful spurs with roweis tbe
size of five shilling pieces. Urged
on BY shout, the horses speed along
side the terrified steers until they
manage to reach the leader, when,
swinging around, and fearless of
horns. they press back the believing
brutes till they turn them. All the
men pursuing this maneuvre, the
headlong rush is at last checked,
and the leaders, painting and lashing
their sides with their tails, are
brought to stand. and the whole
herd is again rounded up"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-07
Two Of the largest castings in III

Two of the largest castings in the
world are to be seen at Nara and Ka-
makura, Japan, the one at the latter
place heing forty-scven feet highland
the other, at Nara being fifty-three
and three quarter feet from the base
t. the crown OF its head. The statue
at Nara is supposed TO have been
erected in the eighth century, hnt i
was destroyed and recast about 700
years since. In endeayoring to re-
east it several mishaps occurred.and
when at last success came some few
thousand tons of charcoal had been
used The casting, which isar alloy
of iron, gold, tin and copper. is esti-
mated TO weigh i5G tons.